NHL 14 Fighting
How do you pull your opponent to the ground in a fight?
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I contacted the team re: fights, and this is what they said:
This is working as designed.
Don’t use your stars to hit if you don’t want them to fight.
Don’t charge into hits (glide). Even if it doesn’t trigger a charging penalty it may trigger a retaliation fight.
The second one there is the main thing, players used to previous games get in the habit of always going for a huge hit when they can, which obviously leads to fights. Trying to go for smaller checks with the intent of removing the puck rather than blowing someone up will avoid almost all forced fights.
This is working as designed.
Don’t use your stars to hit if you don’t want them to fight.
Don’t charge into hits (glide). Even if it doesn’t trigger a charging penalty it may trigger a retaliation fight.
The second one there is the main thing, players used to previous games get in the habit of always going for a huge hit when they can, which obviously leads to fights. Trying to go for smaller checks with the intent of removing the puck rather than blowing someone up will avoid almost all forced fights.
Just wanted to say again how fighting penalties make no sense in NHL14, but are so in actual real life NHL.
Tonight in a game versus Toronto and Calgary.
At 16:56 of the 2nd period (Wed Oct 30th)
Carter Ashton (of the Maple Leafs) makes a slightly dangerous hit.
He hits a guy from behind, and the guy falls into the boards.
Shane O'Brien (of the Calgary Flames) steps up for his fallen teammate.
He jumps on Ashton and starts a fight with him.
They both fight.
The referees asses the penalties as such :
Ashton - 2 minutes for boarding and 5 minutes for fighting
O'Brien - 2 minutes for instigating, 5 minutes for fighting and 10 minute game misconduct.
(I have seen this time and time again in the NHL it is called consistently, and even more so no penalty at all for a clean hit, but the teammate jumps in cause his teammate is down)
In EA's NHL14, usually the first guy gets 5 minutes for fighting and a game misconduct and sometimes rarely just the 5 minute major for the fight,
and the teammate who instigated the fight only gets the 5 minute major for fighting.
This is totally wrong, and should be fixed.
(also I'm still getting the 5 minute major penalty in the 3rd period and the fighting teammate on the opposition gets nothing and they then get a 5 minute major powerplay)
This is an example of what occured tonight, which is not realistic in NHL14.
http://instagram.com/p/gHyPYTnqKJ/
Please fix this EA.
Thank you.
